Reinforced scalloped edging for embroidery.



L. DINKELSPIEL.

REINFORCED SCALLOPED EDGING FOR EMBROIDERY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5. 1914.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

INVENTOR W 1 TNESSES:

A llorneys LAWRENCE DINKELSPIEL, or new YORK, N; Y.

REINFORCED SO ALLOPED EDGING FDR EMBROIDERY.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAwRnNon DINKEL- SPIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough'of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Reinforced Scalloped Edging for Embroidery, of which the following is a specification. i This invention is a reinforced scalloped edging for embroidery, and the object of the invention is to adequately bind the scalloped edge and, at thesametime, reinforce said edge so that tearing or ripping is precluded.

lit has long been recognized in the 'artto whlch the invention relates that, when a piece of scallopededge embroidery is em bodied in an articleof apparel, such as a brassiere or. the like, and excessive strain along said scalloped edge will cause the embroidery to rip or tear at the meeting.

points of adjacent scallops, 2'. 6., at the weakestpoint ofthe free edge of the (am broidery. Various expedients have been resorted to in an endeavor to obviate this recognized difficulty, but none of these expedients have proved satisfactory;

The present invention obviates the disadvantage referred to in a simple, inexpensive and efiicient manner, and embodies, generally speaking, aplurality of stitches so disposed at the meeting points of adjacent scallops, along the free edge of the embroidery,

and forth adj acent to the notch between the two scallops, and is thereafter employed to tightly bind together the stitching so formed and the binding stitching into a compact, strong reinforcing member. If desired, the thread, after having been utilized to form said reinforcing 'memberjmay be led into the interior ofthe material and worked into the embroidery pattern.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a binding and reinforcing member, as specified, which maybe madevby continuous operation and by machinery, if desired.

Features ofthe, invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the Specificationof Letters Patent.

following description read in] conjunction ran sra'rns ra'rnnrorrron. I

, Patented Sept. 7, 1915. I Application filed. December 5, 1914. Serial No. 875,590. I v

with the accompanying drawings andappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one practical embodiment of the present SllOWlltllGl'GlH is to be understood as illusof the invention.

/ Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, fragmental view of the same, showing diagrammatically the manner in which the thread is manipulated to bind and reinforce the edge of said embroidery, and Fig.

ofFigal. I I Referring to the drawings, A designates a portion of a strip of embroidered material,

which, as shown in ,Fig- 1, is scalloped along one edge B. Edge B is shown as emo is anenlarged section taken online33 invention, but the construction trative, only, and not as definingthe limits bodying a plurality of comparatively large scallops, each of which is, in turn, divided up into a plurality of small scallops to .produce a neat, esthetic design. When a piece of embroidered fabric A is utilized inthe formation of askirt, brassiere, or the l1ke, itwill be manifest that, when the strip is placed under tension, the greatest strain, "will come at the narrowest portions thereof,

6., at the meeting point of any two successivelarge scallops, and'it'is particularly atthispoint, whereexcessive strain generally tearsthe goods, that this invention is aimed.

' a In mechanically embroidering material, it is common to do so by means of a plurality instance, in Fig. 1, two sections A A are shown on either side of the line 33. In

embroidering these two sections, the two needles whichdo the work start, 6. 9., at

the right-hand side of their respective sec-V .tions and work toward the left, i. 6., in the design shown, the needle which-is to work the pattern on section A would start at thev line33 and work toward the-left,,along the scalloped edge of the fabric, to bind the V same, while the complementary needle would start at the right of the section A i and work to the left, a

In Fig. 2, I have illustrated, in greatly" enlarged diagrammatic form, a method of between the adjacent scallops to tightly bind.

binding-the scalloped edge of section A, it

being understood that the similar edge of section A is operated upon in the same manner. A thread D starts at the extreme right of section A and is worked in a substantially vertical manner, as shown, up and down along the entire edge of the scallop, preferably in the form of button-hole stitches d. The vertical-stitches are positioned very closely together and are continued in section A to the line 33 At this point, the binding of the scalloped edge ceases, and the next operation is to reinforce the notclnbetween the adjacent scallops. As shown in Fig, 2, threadfD, on its last vertical stitch, isdefiocted laterally and carried in a substantially horizontal direction back and forth and, atthe same time, downwardly to the notch between the two adj acent scallops of the sections A and A to form stitches e, The stitches e are posi tionedv closely together and overlie the stitches cl, adjacent line 33 in section A. It will beunderstood, moreover, that the needle which is employed to work section A has previously bound the scalloped edge of said section adjacent line 33, so that, when stitches e are applied, they will overto oS d fboth section A and A and tightly bind down the, same, thereby reinforcing the fabric at'its weakest point. After having carried stitches .c to the notch down Stitc es Z, thread D isbrought to the notch at line 3 3 and thereafter a series of b t n ia ly vertical Stitches 7 are made, for the purpose of tightly binding down stitches e. Stitches 7 extend upwardly to the uppermost stitch e, and, at the complen o th s up ard st tching, a close, firm t o k is fo med adjace t the meeting p i t, of th o-adjacent scal ops Th s nf c g member is desig ed in the ings by he refere e numeral F.- If it is desired to only face or bind the sealpo edge of the fabric .A, he operation for section A will cease at this point, but, if th "body o the fab ic is to be embroidc ed, thread may be led of nto the interiorof the fabric and utilized to work the embroidery pattern. It will be understood that, while the foregoing operation is going on n ctio A, a sim lar opera ion is being carried on in Section A, and in like manner in th remaining sections of the fabric stripA, 1

Thro ghou the eg ing description, Iv

a e. ot'jforththe manner in whic my inntion s pr ctis d when cmployedin emoid ring: fabrics, by machinery, but, manifestly, I do not restrict. myse to th s pp oa on, as the th eads may be mani ua lated by'hand to produce the same results, In. either m de of application, it will be ani est that, hen the reinforoing member F hasbeen completed, the fabric" will be as strong, if not stronger, at the meeting polnt 'manner, and the resulting disposition of the various stitches produces an effect extremely pleasing to the eye and one which harmonizes with the stitches of the embroidery pattern. T

While I have illustrated in the drawings stitchesof particular form, it will be understood that such showing is for illustrative purposes, only, and does not define the limits of the invention.

It will be noted, from Fig. 2 of the drawings, thatthe stamped line :0, which marks the upper edge of the binding, is offset a short distance adjacent the point of meeting of two adjacent scallops, as at m. In bind ing the edge, the stitches cl are carried along the edge, the upper points of said stitches coming to the line 00, but, at that portion of the binding adjacent the meeting point of the two scallops, the stitches (Z extend only to the line 29. By bindinginthis-manner, a small ofiset is produced at the inner edge of the binding, so that, when the reinforcing stitches e are applied, their oppositeends will come'fiush with the, binding, and the symmetry of said binding is thus preserved.

I do not care to restrict myself to this feature, although it is, manifestly, advisable to so manipulate the thread, since, were the binding not offset as described, the rein;

forcing stitches e and the consequent reinforcing member F would extend beyond the inner edge of the binding, and saidinner edge thereof would not be continuous. The most artistic effects would not, therefore, be propreferable to employ the duced. It is-thus invention as shown. I

Thereinforcing member hereinbefore described is illustrated inthe drawings in its most practical embodiment, t'. ie.,that embodiment wherein the operation of forming V the reinforcing member finishes with a plu rality of tying do'wn stitches in angular relatlon to the stitches which mainly form the reinforcing member. I wish it understood, however, that I do not restrict myself to the use of these tying-down stitches, as, if 'desired, these may be omitted.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1 a l. A fabric provided on one of its edges with a notch, a thread worked along said stitches overlying the binding stitches adjas l I cent said notch for the purpose of reinforcing binding stitches and the reinforcing stitches I to one another and to the fabric.

2. A fabric provided with a scalloped edge, a thread Worked along said scalloped edge to form substantially parallel stitches for the purpose of binding the scalloped edge of the fabric, said thread being diverted at the meeting point of tWo adjacent scallops to form a plurality of stitches in angular relation to, and overlying, the binding stitches whereby the fabric is reinforced at the meeting point of two adjacent scallops, and said thread also forming a plurality of tying stitches arranged in angular relation to the reinforcing stitches.

8. A fabric provided With a scalloped edge, a thread Worked along said scalloped edge to form substantially parallel stitches for the purpose of binding the scalloped edge of thefabric, said thread being di- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LAWRENCE DINKELSPIEL. Witnesses:

CORNELIUS ZABRISKIE, F. S. FITZSIMONS.

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